
Kavya covers all things California and energy storage-related for Utility Dive. Before joining Industry Dive, she reported on energy and the environment for California Energy Markets and E&E News. She studied at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
176 articles by Kavya Balaraman
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Industry, ratepayer advocates push for cautious approach to California's summer 2021 reliability preparation
Dec. 22, 2020 -
California ratepayer advocate recommends $124M SoCalGas fine for bucking CPUC directive on energy efficiency lobbying
Dec. 15, 2020 -
Newsom taps CPUC's Liane Randolph to lead California Air Resources Board
Dec. 11, 2020 -
CAISO focuses on summer 2021 as final analysis of August blackouts nears completion
Dec. 10, 2020 -
California sketches plan to wean off fossil fuels during wildfire-related power outages
Dec. 9, 2020 -
Thousands of California homes to be linked for 550 MW virtual power plant, North America's largest
Dec. 8, 2020 -
California's pathway to 100% clean electricity begins to take shape, but reliability concerns persist
Dec. 7, 2020 -
US storage deployments shatter record in Q3, with 7.5 GW projected by 2025: WoodMac
Dec. 3, 2020 -
California regulators to vote on state's first renewable natural gas tariff pilot for Sempra utilities
Dec. 2, 2020 -
Sempra utilities pitch demonstration program as first step to California hydrogen injection standard
Nov. 25, 2020 -
CAISO approves hybrid storage policies as California preps to add 1.5 GW by 2022
Nov. 24, 2020 -
PG&E taps Consumers Energy chief Patricia Poppe as new CEO after months-long search
Nov. 19, 2020 -
Wildfires pushed PG&E into bankruptcy. Should other utilities be worried?
Nov. 19, 2020 -
'Somebody has to actually sit on the egg and hatch it' — Partnership aims to drive green hydrogen in the West
Nov. 18, 2020 -
California begins to shape vehicle-grid integration strategy, considers using EVs during power shut-offs
Nov. 17, 2020 -
To batteries and beyond: The storage technologies poised to play a key role in the energy transition
Nov. 17, 2020 -
California regulators race to implement demand response, other measures to avert 2021 blackouts
Nov. 16, 2020 -
Maryland PSC greenlights Exelon pilots to guide future of utility-scale storage in the state
Nov. 11, 2020 -
Storage tax credit remains unlikely in divided government, but could pass in compromise bill: analyst
Nov. 10, 2020 -
SoCalGas merits $255M fine for opposing efficiency standards with customer funds: ratepayer advocate
Nov. 9, 2020 -
California federal legislators press SoCalGas on reported efforts to 'undermine' California's climate goals
Nov. 2, 2020 -
PG&E says it could face significant liability due to September Zogg Fire
Oct. 30, 2020 -
Carbon capture and storage could reduce California emissions 15%, save $750M a year: report
Oct. 23, 2020 -
To batteries and beyond: Lithium-ion dominates utility storage; could competing chemistries change that?
Oct. 15, 2020 -
To batteries and beyond: Compressed air, liquid air and the holy grail of long-duration storage
Oct. 14, 2020